Mullett having ribbon cutting for beach park

At Monday’s Mullett Township Board of Trustees monthly meeting, the grand opening of the improved Topinabee Beach Park will take place with an 8 p.m. ribbon cutting.

By Richard Croftonrichard@cheboygantribune.com

At Monday’s Mullett Township Board of Trustees monthly meeting, the grand opening of the improved Topinabee Beach Park will take place with an 8 p.m. ribbon cutting.The funds for the more than $400,000 project came from the 2011 Michigan Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund grant and about $120,000 came from the Mullett Township board.The improvements include an ADA handicap accessible beach area that includes a mat for easy wheelchair water access; a playground; cook out areas and picnic tables; and benches.State representatives, as well as local representatives will be on hand for the ribbon cutting.In other slated action, the board will discuss quotes for the East Mullett Hall roof repair. The board has been dealing with this issue for the past two meetings.The board also will hear of quotes from Wade Trim for engineering work for the streetscape and for Boy Scout Park. Discussion on these two issues will take place at August’s meeting. Clerk Rachel Osborne also will give a report of public input received on the streetscape.Also to be discussed is the disposing of library computers. Finally, the board will consider whether or not to spend $200 on terrorism insurance coverage for the upcoming year.The trustees’ meeting starts at 7 pm. at the Mullett Township Hall on M-27 in Topinabee.

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